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LIBERTAS ET PATRIA. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Minnesota Society of the 



ons oftbe AmeriGan KeYolution 



WITH LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. 



ORGANIZED DEC. 26, 1889. 



1894. 



ST. PAUL: 

The McGill Printing Co. 

1894. 



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OFFICERS I894. 



PRESIDENT, 
ALBERT EDGERTON, St. Paul. 

VICE PRESIDENTS, 
GEORGE K. SHAW, Minneapolis. S. J. R. McMILLAN, St. Paul. 

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS, 

ALEXANDER R. RAMSEY, St. Paul. HENRY P. UPHAM, St. Paul. 

RENSSELAER R. NELSON, St. Paul. DANIEL R. NOYES, St. Paul. 

SECRETARY, 
EDWIN S. CHITTENDEN, St. Paul. 

TREASURER, 
Wm. P. JEWETT, St. Paul. 

REGISTRAR AND HISTORIAN, 
Wm. H. GRANT, 194 Pleasant Ave., St. Paul. 

REPRESENTATIVES, 
WILLIAM D. WASHBURN. CAPT. CALVIN D. COWLES. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS, 

JOHN B. SANBORN, St. Paul. NATH. F. WARNER, Minneapolis. 

ALBEE SMITH, Minneapolis. DOUGLAS PUTNAM, St. Paul. 

HENRY S. GOFF, Minneapolis. DANIEL D. MERRILL, St. Paul. 

SAMUEL E. ADAMS, Minneapolis. ALFRED S. TALMADGE, St. Paul. 

ELWOOD S. CORSER, Minneapolis. WILLIAM H. LIGHTNER, St. Paul. 

HIRAM F. STEVENS, St. Paul. REV. E. P. CAITTENDEN, Winona. 

WILLIAM D. CORNISH, St. Paul. THOMAS C. CLARK, Stillwater. 

NATH. P. LANGFORD, St. Paul. CALVIN L. BROWN, Morris. 

JAS. H. BAKER, Garden Cit\\ GILES W. MERRILL, St. Paul. 
REV. EDWARD C. MITCHELL, St. Paul. 









Constitution. 



ARTICLE I. 



The name of this Society shall be the " The Minnesota Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution." 

ARTICLE II. 

The object and purpose of this Society is to keep alive among our- 
selves and our descendants, the patriotic spirit of the men who, in mili- 
tary, naval or civil service, by their acts or counsel achieved American 
Independence; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, 
records and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution and 
to promote social intercourse and good feeling among its members now 
and hereafter. 

ARTICLE III. 

Any male person shall be eligible for membership in this Society who 
is descended from a Revolutionary ancestor and who is of the age of 
twenty-one years, and whose ancestor was either a military or nava 
officer, soldier, or sailor, or an official in the service of any of the thirteen 
original Colonies or States, or a recognized patriot who rendered material 
service in the cause of Independence. 

ARTICLE IV. 

The officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, 
five honorary Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar and a 
Historian ; provided that the offices of Secretary, Registrar and Histor- 
ian, or any two of them, may be vested in one person. 



ARTICLE V. 

A meeting for the election of officers and transaction of business shall 
be held annually in the city of Saint Paul, on the 26th day of December of 
each year; and a meeting for social purposes shall be held annually at 
such time and place as the Board of Managers may determine, the same 
to be held, as far as is practicable, upon the anniversary of some event in 
Revolutionary history. 

At each annual meeting there shall be elected, in addition to the 
officers provided for in Article IV, one delegate at large, and one delegate 
for each one hundred or fraction of one hundred, exceeding fifty members, 
who together with such officers as are provided for by the constitution of 
the National Society shall represent this Society in the National Society. 

In case of failure to elect said delegates as above provided, or their 
alternates, the President may appoint the same; and in case of the death 
or resignation of any officer of said Society his successor shall be elected 
by the Board of Managers, to hold his position until the next annual 
meeting of the Society. 

ARTICLE VI. 

There shall be a Board of Managers whose duty it shall be to conduct 
the affairs of this Society, which Board shall consist of the officers of this 
Society and twenty other members of the Society who shall be elected at 
the annual meeting. 

ARTICLE VII. 

All ex-Presidents of said Society shall be by virtme of their having 
held the office of President, Past-Presidents of said Society. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

This Constitution may be amended, altered or repealed, provided 
written resolutions to that effect are first presented to the Board of Man- 
agers and approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any 
regular meeting of said Board, or at a special meeting called for that 
purpose; and provided said amendments are approved by a majority of 
the members present at any regular or special meeting of the Society. 




By-Laws. 



Section 1. All applications for membership in this Society shall be 
upon blank forms furnished by the Society, and each application shall be 
accompanied by the membership fee, which shall be returned if the appli- 
cant is not accepted. 

Section 2. All applications for membership shall be submitted to 
the Registrar for examination, and shall be reported by him to the Board 
of Managers ; and when the same shall be approved by said Board of 
Managers, the Secretary shall enter upon the records of said Society, the 
fact of the election of such applicant to membership and shall notify said 
member of his election, and said application shall be then returned to the 
Registrar for preservation; and upon payment of the membership fees and 
dues for the first fiscal year (or part thereof as provided in section three) 
the applicant shall become a member of this Society. 

Section 3. The membership fee shall be two dollars, and the annual 
dues two dollars. Provided, tha.t if any member shall join said Societ} r 
during the last six months of any fiscal year he shall be required to pay 
one dollar only on account of the yearly dues for that current year. 

The payment of fifty dollars by a member at anyone time shall consti- 
tute the person paying such sum, a life member and he shall thereafter be 
exempt from the payment of annual dues. 

Annual dues shall be payable to the Treasurer on or before the first 
day of January in each year. The Treasurer shall notify persons who 
are three months in arrears, and in case the member so notified shall not 
make payment of said dues within three months thereafter, said Treasurer 
shall report at the ensuing meeting of the Society, the names of all mem- 
bers who shall then be six months or more in arrears, and this Society 
may direct the names of said members to be stricken irom the rolls 
thereof. 



Section 4. The members of this Society shell meet in the city of St. 
Paul, annually on the 26th day of December, for the purpose of electing 
officers and transacting the business of this Society. In case said day 
shall fall on Sunday the meeting shall be held on the following day. In 
the election of officers a majority of the ballots cast shall be necessary 
for a choice; and fifteen members of the society shall constitute a quorum 
thereof for the transaction of business, or election of officers at any 
meeting of said society. 

Section 5. The Society shall hold an annual meeting for the pur- 
pose of celebrating some event in Revolutionary history, the time and 
place for holding such annual meeting to be determined by the Board of 
Managers; and said Board shall also determine the manner of such celebra- 
tion, which shall include an oration, a poem, and a dinner whenever 
practicable. 

Section 6. The regular meetings of the Board of Managers of this 
Society shall be held upon the Third Tuesday of January, April, July and 
October of each year, and special meetings thereof may be called by the 
President at any time; and shall be called upon the request of an}' three 
members of said Board. Five members of said Board shall constitute a 
quorum at any meeting thereof; but a less number than a quorum of 
said Managers or members at a meeting of said Board or of said Society 
may adjourn a meeting of said Board or of said Society, from time to 
time, until a quorum thereof is obtained. 

Section 7. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or, 
in their absence, a Chairman pro tern, shall preside at all meetings of the 
Society and of the Board of Managers, and shall have a casting vote. 
The presiding officer shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of 
order, subject to appeal to the meeting. 

Section 8. The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence 
of the Society and shall notify members of their election and of such 
matters as the Society may direct. He shall have charge of the seal and 
of such records of the Society as are not herein given especially in charge 
of other officers of the Society. Together with the presiding officer, he 
shall certify all acts and orders of the Societ} r . He shall, under direction 
of the President or acting president, give notice of the time and place of 
all meetings of the Society and of the Board of Managers and shall 
attend the same. He shall keep accurate reports of the meetings of the 
Societ3 r and of the Board of Managers and shall give such notices of the 
votes, orders and proceedings of the Society- as the Society or Board of 
Managers shall direct. 

Section 9. The Treasurer shall collect all dues and money becoming 
due or owing to said Society, and shall give his receipt for the same; 
which moneys so collected he shall deposit in some responsible bank, in 



the name of the Society, and shall pay out for the benefit of the Society 
only, in such sums as the Society or Board of Managers shall direct, and 
upon the order of the Secretary countersigned by the President. He shall 
keep a true account of his receipts and disbursements; and at each annual 
meeting, and at such other times as required by the Board of Managers, 
shall make a full report to said Society or to said Board. The books and 
papers of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be open at all times to the 
inspection of the President, the Board of Managers and to the auditing 
committee. 

Section 10. The. members of the Board of Managers shall be 
elected in the same manner and at the same time as is provided for the 
election of officers. They shall judge of the qualifications of applicants 
for membership, and shall have control and management of the affairs of 
the Society. They shall appoint an auditing committee. They may 
call special meetings at any time, and shall call a special meeting upon 
the written request of five members of the Society. They shall also 
have power to fill vacancies. 

Section 11. The Registrar shall receive all applications and proofs 
for membership in this Society, from the Secretary, after they have been 
passed upon bythe Board of Managers, and shallpreserve the same in such 
way as may be directed by the Society or Board of Mangers. He shall 
also have the custody of all the historical, geographical and genealogical 
papers, books, manuscripts and relics of which the Society may become 
possessed. 

He shall receive for his services such compensation as may be allowed 
by the Board of Managers, together with his proper disbursements, the 
same to be audited, as all other claims against the Society are audited, 
and he shall make a report in writing at each annual meeting of said 
Society. 

Section 12. These By-laws shall not be altered nor amended unless 
such alteration or amendment shall have been proposed in writing at a 
previous meeting of the Board of Managers and entered upon the records, 
with the name of the member proposing the change, and adopted by a 
majority of the members present at a regular meeting of the Society, or at 
a special meeting called for that purpose. 




Members. 




Abbott, Dr. Everton J., St. Paul. 

Adams, Mr. John Q., St. Paul. 

Adams, Mr. John W., St. Paul. 

Adams, Col. Samuel E., Minneapolis. 

Ancker, Dr. Arthur B., St. Paul. 

Andrus, Capt. Edwin P., 5th U. S. A. Cav. 



Baker, Gen. James H., Garden City. 
Baker, Mr. Henry S., St. Paul. 
Barrett, Mr. William P., Superior, Wis. 
Barrett, Mr. Edward H., Minneapolis. 
Barton, Mr. Edgar B., St. Paul. 
Betts, Dr. William W., Minneapolis. 
Beals, Mr. Samuel J., Sioux City, la. 
Bell, Mr. Fred S., Winona. 
Benton, Hon. Charles H., Great Falks, Mont. 
Bigelow, Dr. Alexander T., St. Paul. 
Black, Mr. Henry T., St. Paul. 
Birge, Mr. Elias B., St. Paul. 
Boxell, Mr. John W., St. Paul. 
Boardman, Mr. Henry A., St. Paul. 
Brown, Hon. Calvin L., Morris. 
Brown, Mr. Edward M., St. Paul. 
Bucknam, Mr. William M., St. Paul. 
Burchard, Hon. Henry McN., Marshall 



Butrick, Rev. Wallace H., Albany, N. Y. 
^Brisbin, Hon. John B., St. Paul. 
Baldwin, Mr. Samuel A., St. Paul. 
Buck, Hon. Daniel, Mankato. 
Burbank, Hon. Henry C, St. Paul. 



Caine, Dr. William H., Stillwater. 
*Carver, Col. Henry L., St. Paul. 

Carnahan, Rev. Robert A., St. Paul. 

Cathcart, Mr. Alexander, St. Paul. 

Cathcart, Mr. Arthur H., St. Paul. 

Chapin, Mr. William B., Duluth. 

Clark, Mr. Kenneth, St. Paul. 

Clark, Mr. Nelson W., Minneapolis. 

Clark, Mr. Prentis M., St. Paul. 

Clark, Dr. Thomas C, Stillwater. 

Chittenden, Mr. Edwin S., St. Paul. 

Chittenden, Mr. Niles S., St. Paul. 

Chittenden, Rev. Ezra P., Winona. 

Chittenden, Mr. Alson C, Marshall. 

Chaney, Hon. Josiah B., St. Paul. 

Cavender, Mr. Abraham H., St. Paul. 

Cairns, Mr. Charles S., Minneapolis. 

Cary, Mr. William H., St. Paul. 

Cornish, Hon. William D., St. Paul. 

Cowles, Mr. Clifford S., Merriatn Park. 

Cowen, Mr. Benjamin S., St. Paul. 

Colt, Mr. Joseph S., Minneapolis. 
tColton, Mr. Allen T., St. Paul. 

Cook, Mr. Stephen C, St. Paul. 

Corser, Mr. Elwood S., Minneapolis. 

Chance, Dr. Norman W., Elbow Lake. 

Chapin, Mr. Walter L., St. Paul. 

Colville, Col. William, Duluth. 

Crosby, Hon. Francis M., Hastings. 

Curry, Mr. Manly B., Louisville, Ky. 

Clemmons, Mr. Ferdinand S., St. Paul. 



Davis, Mr. Henry C, St. Paul. 

Dearing, Hon. Samuel, St. Paul. 

Dean, Hon. William B., St. Paul. 

Dean, Mr. William J., St. Paul. 

Dickinson, Mr. William F., Redwood Falls. 



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Dow, Mr. James J., Faribault. 
Doolittle, Mr. Archibald A., St. Paul. 
Dodge, Mr. Louis L., Minneapolis. 
JDumont, Mr. C. W., Chicago, 111. 



Eastman, Dr. Arthur M., St. Paul. 
Eddy, Hon. Francis M., Glenwood. 
Edwards, Maj. Charles G., St. Paul. 
Edgerton, Hon. Albert, St. Paul. 
Edgerton, Mr. George B., St. Paul. 
Erwin, Mr. William W., St. Paul. 
Espy, Maj. John, St. Paul. 



Fauntleroy, Mr. Cornelius H., St. Paul. 
Flint, Mr. Henry A., St. Paul. 
Field, Mr. Thadeus C, St. Paul. 
Field, Mr. John I. H., St. Paul. 
Ford, Mr. Nathan, St. Paul. 
Folsom, Maj. Simeon P., St. Paul. 
Franklin, Mr. Benjamin E., Minneapolis. 
Furber, Hon. Samuel W., Northfield. 



Gale, Mr. Samuel C, Minneapolis. 
Giddings, Mr. Arthur E., Minneapolis. 
Goff, Mr. Henry S. Minneapolis. 
Goodenow, Mr. Henry P., St. Paul. 
Grant, Hon. William H., St. Paul. 
Grant, Mr. William H. Jr., Duluth. 
Grant, Col. Hiram P., St. Paul. 
Griswold, Dr. Charles, St. Paul. 



Hackett, Capt. Charles W., St. Paul. 
Hayes, Mr. Simeon M., St. Paul. 
Hail, Mr. Lyman W., St. Paul. 
Hall, Mr. Alfred S., St. Paul. 
Hall, Mr. Harlan P., St. Paul. 
Handy, Mr. Egbert G., St. Paul. 
Hammons, Mr. Everett, Anoka. 
Heath, Rev. Albert H., St. Paul. 
Henning, Mr. James C, Stillwater. 



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Holcomb, Mr. Edwin R., St. Paul. 
*Hough, Mr. Sherwood, St. Paul. 
Hough, Mr. Fred E., St. Paul. 
Hough, Mr. Sherwood, Jr., St. Paul. 
Hoyt, Hon. John F., St. Paul. 
Hubbard, Hon. Lucius F., Red Wing. 
Huntington, Mr. James H., Minneapolis. 
Hume, Mr. Seward L., Minneapolis. 
Hughes, Mr. John S., Minneapolis. 



Ingmundson, Mr. Roy P., St. Paul. 



Jewett, Mr. Richard H. L., St. Paul. 

Jewett, Mr. William P., St. Paul. 

Jones, Mr. Edward J., St. Paul. 

Johnson, Mr. Albert N., Benson. 

Johnson, Gen. Richard W., St. Paul. 

Johnson, Mr. Henry S., Winona. 

Johnson, Lieut. Alfred B., U. S. A., Fort Logan, Col. 

Johnson, Capt. Richard W., Jr.,U. S. A.Washington, D.C. 

Johnston, Mr. Edward R., St. Paul. 



Kelly, Mr. William H., St. Paul. 
Kilgore, Mr. Wallace W., Red Wing. 
Kibbee, Mr. Chandler W., St. Paul. 
Kirkham, Mr. Ralph W., Minneapolis. 



Langford, Hon. Nathaniel P., St. Paul. 
Lawton, Mr. Albert M., St. Paul. 
Lawton, Dr. George 0., St. Paul. 
Lawton, Dr. Lewis T., St. Paul. 
*Leavitt, Mr. Walter C, Minneapolis. 
Lightner, Mr. William H., St. Paul. 
Lovett, Mr. Charles E., Duluth. 



McCaine, Mr. David, St. Paul. 
McCaine, Mr. William, St. Paul. 
McClung, Mr. Harrison T., St. Paul. 
'McCluer, Capt. Charles M., Stillwater. 



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McCormack, Mr. Robert L., Hayward, Wis. 
McGill, Hon. Andrew R., St. Paul. 
McGill, Mr. Charles H., St. Paul. 
McGill, Mr. Robert C, St. Paul. 
McMillan Hon. Samuel J. R., St. Paul. 
McPherson, Mr. William W., Stillwater. 
Marshall, Hon. William R., St. Paul. 
Martin, Mr. James Mc. G., Minneapolis. 
Markoe, Dr. James C, St. Paul. 
Markoe, Mr. Ralston J., St. Paul. 
Merriam, Hon. William R., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Daniel D., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Daniel D., Jr., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Leavitt K., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Giles W., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Paul R., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Spencer 0., St. Paul. 
Merrill, Mr. Alexander P., Waterville. 
Merrill, Mr. Burton J., Stillwater. 
Merrill, Mr. Henry A., St. Paul. 
Merritt, Dr. Charles E., St. Paul. 
Metcalf, Dr. George R., St. Paul. 
Mitchel, Rev. Edward C, St. Paul. 
Modisette, Mr. James B., Minneapolis. 
Moffett, Mr. George H., Portland, Ore. 
Monfort, Mr. Fred D., St. Paul. 
"Moore, Mr. George W., St. Paul. 
Moore, Mr. Frank, St. Paul. 
Morton, Dr. Howard McL, Minneapolis. 
Mullikan, Mr. Walter K., St. Paul. 



Nelson, Hon. Rensselaer R., St. Paul. 
Newport, Mr. Luther E., St. Paul. 
Norton, Mr. Henry A., Minneapolis. 
No well, Mr. J. A., St. Paul. 
Nichols, Mr. Samuel H., Everett, Wash. 
Noyes, Mr. Daniel R., St. Paul. 
Nute, Mr. Benjamin, Duluth. 



Ogden, Mr. Benjamin H., St. Paul. 
Orr, Hon. Grier M., St. Paul. 
Osborne, Mr. Frank 0., St. Paul. 

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Osborne, Mr. George N., Michigan City, N. D. 
Ozman, Mr. Aaron M.,'St. Paul. 
Ozman, Mr. Edward H., St. Paul. 



Palmer, Mr. Cornelius B., Sing Sing, N. Y. 

Palmer, Mr. Parker C, Sing Sing, N. Y. 
*Palmes, Mr. Edward S., St. Paul. 

Palmes, Mr. George, St. Paul. 

Parker, Mr. Judson, St. Paul. 

Peet, Mr. Emerson W., St. Paul. 

Peat, Mr. William F., St. Paul. 

Pendergast, Hon. William W., Hutchinson. 

Phelps, Mr. Carrington, Mound City. 

Powers, Hon. Le Grand, Minneapolis. 

Polk, Mr. Duval F., St. Anthony Park. 
*Porter, Mr. Elijah, Lake City. 

Putnam, Mr. Douglas, St. Paul. 

Pike, Mr. Frederick A., St. Paul. 

Paulk, Mr. Charles, St. Paul. 



Ramsey, Hon. Alexander, St. Paul. 
'Rice, Hon. Henry M., St. Paul. 
Rice, Mr. Frederick D., Duluth. 
Rice, Mr. Charles 0., St. Paul. 
Rice, Mr. Samuel W., St. Paul. 
Riheldaffer, Mr. John H., St. Paul. 
Robinson, Mr. Lewis A., St. Paul. 
Robertson, Mr. William G., St. Paul. 
Ring, Mr. George S., St. Paul. 
Root, Mr. John M., Duluth. 
Rittenhouse, Mr. Charles E., St. Paul. 
Rutherford, Mr. Henry V., St. Paul. 



Sanborn, Gen. John B., St. Paul. 
Sanborn, Hon. Walter H., St. Paul. 
Sanborn, Mr. Edward P., St. PauL 
Sewall, Mr. Samuel L., St. Paul. 
Smith, Mr. Albee, Minneapolis. 
Smith, Capt. John S., St. Paul. 
Smith, Mr. Abbott E., St. Paul. 
Sheire, Mr. Romaine, St. Paul. 



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"Seward, Mr. Victor C, Stillwater. 
Stearns, Mr. Isaac C, Zumbrota. 
Sibley, Mr. Alfred B., St. Paul. 
Shaw, Mr. LaFayette, St. Paul. 
Shaw, Hon. John M., Minneapolis. 
Shaw, Maj. George K., Minneapolis. 
Smith, Mr. Howard T., St. Paul. 
Sloan, Mr. Samuel G., St. Paul. 
Sloan, Mr. John D., St. Paul. 
Stees, Capt. Charles J.. St. Paul. 
Stephenson, Mr. Benjamin W., St. Paul. 
Stevens, Hon. Hiram F., St. Paul. 
Sherwood, Mr. Orrin F., St Paul. 
Sutherland, Mr. Douglas R., Morris. 
Sumner, Mr. Edward A., New York, N. Y. 
Spencer, Mr. Charles L., St. Paul. 



Tallmadge, Mr. Alfred S., St. Paul. 
'Taylor, Col. William H. H., St. Paul. 

Taylor, Capt. William H. H., Jr., Stillwater. 
^Tiffany, Rev. Dr. Otis H., Minneapolis. 

Tiffany, Paymaster, Otis C, U. S. N., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Timmerman, Mr. William S., St. Paul. 

Timmerman, Mr. William 0., St. Paul. 

Timmerman, Mr. A. D., St. Paul. 

Tuttle, Mr. Wm. B., Minneapolis. 



Upham, Mr. Henry P., St. Paul. 



Van Sant, Mr. Grant, Winona. 
Van Sant, Hon. Samuel R., Winona. 
Virtue, Mr. George A., Seattle, Wash. 



Warner, Mr. Nathaniel F., Minneapolis. 
Warner, Mr. George, Minneapolis. 
Washington, Mr. Lawrence G., St. Paul. 
Wallace, Mr. Carleton L., Minneapolis. 
Wedge, Mr. Arthur G., St. Paul. 
Wedge, Mr. Asahel G., St. Paul. 
Whitcomb, Dr. Edward H., St. Paul. 



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Wellington, Mr. Cyrus, St. Paul. 
"Wilkin, Hon. Westcott, St. Paul. 
White, Mr. William G., St. Paul. 
Williams, Mr. J. Fletcher, St. Paul. 
Williams, Mr. Henry L., St. Paul. 
Wilgus, Mr. William J., St. Paul. 
Willis, Hon. John W., St. Paul. 
Woodbury, Mr. John S., Anoka. 
Wood, Mr. Bert Henri, Hayward, Wis. 
Woodward, Mr. Charles N., St. Paul. 
Washburn, Hon. William D., Minneapolis. 




^Deceased. ^Transferred to 111. Society. fTransferred to Mich. Society. 

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